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expedition

/ek-spi-dish-uhn/US // ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən) //

远征,征战,征程,远征队

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.
    • : the group of persons, ships, etc., engaged in such an activity: a large expedition of scientists and military personnel.
    • : promptness or speed in accomplishing something: He worked with great expedition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounjourney; people on a journey

Examples

  • If you want to climb it, you usually start your expedition from Montemonaco.

  • To learn about the microbes living in sub-seafloor sediments, scientists must typically go on drilling expeditions to retrieve samples of them.

  • OceanSky Cruises—based, perhaps unsurprisingly, in Sweden—is currently taking reservations for expeditions to the North Pole in the 2023-2024 season.

  • These expeditions are commonly known as the Peasants’ Crusades.

  • Suffice it to say, the expedition, bolstered by complex preparation, was massive with over 35,000 soldiers from different nationalities.

  • Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.

  • At Studio Stagetti, I shot a man with more picks and axes than I have ever seen outside an arctic expedition.

  • Going to the library was like a treasure hunt, an expedition.

  • He sees all the more reason to continue with plans for their next expedition, in June 2015.

  • Companies across the country donated supplies and equipment to assist him with his expedition.

  • After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.

  • Lawrence and Dan were told of the danger that threatened Fulton, and they determined to accompany Guitar in his expedition.

  • The wealth, which Ripperda deemed necessary for his expedition, was sewed into various parts of their muleteer garments.

  • The filibustering expedition set out in three small ships on the 28th of September.

  • But scarcely had the new ambassador arrived at his destination when he heard of Bonaparte's projected expedition to Egypt.